Yo-Yo Ma. Photo by Brantley Gutierrez.
In Tuesday’s (8/19) Milwaukee Magazine, Evan Musil writes, “It’s not every day that the world’s most-famous classical musician strolls into town, but that’s exactly what cellist Yo-Yo Ma will do next spring. On March 25, Ma will join the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra for a one-night-only concert at the Bradley Symphony Center, the orchestra announced on Tuesday. They’ll perform Czech composer Antonín Dvořák’s Cello Concerto in B minor, conducted by music director Ken-David Masur. The last time Ma played with the MSO was in 2016 at the Marcus Performing Arts Center, but it wasn’t his most recent time in Milwaukee. Ma visited the Cream City in April 2022 for a recital with pianist and longtime collaborator Kathryn Stott at the Bradley Symphony Center. This will be Ma’s first time playing the center with its principal tenant. The 19-time Grammy Award-winning musician has recorded over 120 albums and played with orchestras all over the world. Born in 1955 to Chinese parents living in Paris, Ma began learning cello at age 4 and later studied at the Juilliard School and Harvard University. Among his many accolades are the National Medal of the Arts (2001) and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2010).”
